Three Portraits of Women from the Old Testament
April 27, 2018Hagar | Esther | Hannah
DiaBLOGue
Some Thoughts on a Rational Approach to Mormonism
April 27, 2018As an exercise in empathy, it would be well for us Mormons to project ourselves into the thoughts and feelings of those who may be quite different from us. For one thing, our missionary program…
The Politics of B.H. Roberts
April 27, 2018Among the second generation of latter-day Saints, the Church had few more zealous or versatile advocates than B. H. Roberts. In his day he was the Church’s most prolific writer, its leading historian, one of…
Watergate: A Personal Experience
April 27, 2018As a lawyer, I have had a professional interest in the unfolding of Watergate. Lawyers have, of course, played a central role in the saga. A staggering number of the key players were lawyers—those who were involved in the criminal activities and cover-up conspiracies as well as those involved in the unravelling of the conspiracies and the prosecution of the guilty.
Hanging by a Thread: Mormons and Watergate
April 27, 2018We Latter-day Saints not only declare that the Constitution of the United States was divinely inspired but also think of ourselves as standing ready to make a prophesied defense, perhaps even a rescue, of it when it is in particular danger, at some time when it is to “hang by a thread.”
Among the Mormons: A Survey of Current Literature
April 26, 2018The materials reviewed in this bibliography are books—new and reprint—published since the last book list appeared in the Autumn/Winter 1973 issue of Dialogue. This is a selected listing excluding some of the publications well advertised in Church publications or available through ward “bookstores.” The selection is made solely upon the editor’s discretion and subject to his foibles.
Nightfall at Far West | Ruth Louise Partridge, Other Drums
April 26, 2018As first written, this was an “I’ve got a secret” manuscript, of the type which causes my blood pressure to rise alarmingly. The secret was that while it was a novel about Edward Partridge, first…
Come, Come, Ye Saints | James B. Allen and Thomas G. Alexander, eds., Manchester Mormons: The Journal of William Clayton, 1840 to 1842
April 26, 2018Personal narratives of religious history and emigration have always been too few, commonly because ordinary people seldom undertake systematic writing. Mormons, however, were enjoined to record their experiences and great numbers of them did so;…
Living Room: A Personal Review/Essay
April 26, 2018In scholarly terms I cannot improve on Kenneth E. Bouldmg’s superb review of Population Resources and the Future (Dialogue, 8 [Autumn/Winter 1973], 159- 163). However, I feel that I can face the issue more squarely…
Jesus and the Gospels in Recent Literature: A Brief Sketch
April 26, 2018“No one is any longer in the position to write a life of Jesus,” begins Gunther Bornkamm in his own reconstruction of Jesus’ life and thought.[1] Such a categorical statement may be discouraging to the…